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01-07-2017 | Commentary

Lonely in a crowd: invited commentary on Webber and Frendt-Newlin (2017). A review of social participation interventions for people with mental health problems

Author: Sarah Carr

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 7/2017

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Like most mental health research reviews, Webber and Frendt-Newlin’s paper establishes what is known about an intervention and gives an overview of the type and quality of the research. It also raises a number of questions about what is not known or considered, and the limitations posed by the research questions and outcome measures, as well as deeper questions about the conceptualisation of social participation for mental health itself. …

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Title: Lonely in a crowd: invited commentary on Webber and Frendt-Newlin (2017). A review of social participation interventions for people with mental health problems
Author: Sarah Carr
Publication date: 01-07-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1404-y

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